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bainne

bainne

Irish

Noun

bainne m ‎(genitive singular bainne)

milk

Declension

Declension of bainne

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	bainne
Vocative	a bhainne
Genitive	bainne
Dative	bainne

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an bainne
Genitive	an bhainne
Dative	leis an mbainne don bhainne

Derived terms

Terms derived from bainne

bainne ailse ‎(“pus from malignant sore”)
bainne bán ‎(“purulent eruption from over-ripe grain or potato”)
bainne bearrtha, bainne lom ‎(“skim-milk”)
bainne bó bleacht(áin) ‎(“cowslip; juice of cowslip”)
bainne bó ‎(“cow's milk”)
bainne bolgaí ‎(“pock discharge”)
bainne briste ‎(“milk turning sour”)

bainne buí ‎(“beestings”)
bainne caoin ‎(“spurge”)
bainne caorach ‎(“sheep's milk”)
bainne cíche (na n-)éan, bainne clog ‎(“juice of dandelion”)
bainne cíche ‎(“breastmilk”)
bainne gabhair ‎(“goat's milk”)

bainne géar ‎(“sour milk”)
bainne milis ‎(“fresh milk”)
bainne muice ‎(“sow-thistle”)
bainne ramhar, bainne téachta, bainne tiubh ‎(“thick milk”)
bainne righin ‎(“milk sediment”) (on churn)
bainniúil ‎(“milky; milk-yielding”, adjective)

Related terms

bainniúlacht f ‎(“milkiness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bainne	bhainne	mbainne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"bainne" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“bannae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bannae ‎(“drop”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbaɲə], /paɲɪ/

Noun

bainne m ‎(genitive singular bainne)

milk

Etymology 2

Noun

bainne m

genitive singular of bann

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
“bannae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.